Before Tufts: Played soccer, golf and was on the track team at the Horace Mann School...was a member of the team, Manhattan Soccer Club, that was three-time state champions in soccer...was a three-time region 1 soccer champion....was a two-time state finalist in golf.

Personal: son of Mark Elliott and Pamela Fairdough...has one sister, Rebecca (25)...father, Mark, was a Top 50 amateur table tennis player at the U18 level.